In the middle of Trump's cuts, officials from the National Foundation for the Arts resign

A group of high -ranking officials from the National Endowment for the Arts announced on Monday, days after the Trump government began to withdraw grants from art groups across the country.

Their departures that come as a foundation offered the current grants, and President Trump has proposed to eliminate the agency in total next year, became public on Monday in a series of e -mails and social media posts.

A NEA spokeswoman did not answer a request for a comment.

Among those who leave the agency are directors who monitor grants for dance, design, people and traditional art, museums and visual arts and theater. In addition, the directors for art education, multidisciplinary works and the “partnership” department, which monitors work with state and local artificial agencies. These officials announced their deductions in newsletter, which were sent on Monday at noon.

The head of the agency's literature department also leaves with three members of their team, according to a newsletter who was sent on Monday morning by Litnet, a coalition of literary organizations.

The besieged agency confronted the announcement of the descents with even more uncertainty. It is not clear how or whether the agency would issue grants without this level of civil servants. A round of cancellation reports that ended on Friday evening showed that the agency would probably continue to achieve grants, but prioritized by Mr. Trump in areas.

Oskar Eustis, the artistic director of the public theater in New York and one of the leaders of the professional non -profit theater coalition, said that the employees of the employees were “worrying”. He added that he did not criticize anyone to go, feared that the descents could make it easier to eliminate the agency.